1957 Danish general election

1957 Danish general election

← 1953 14 May 1957 1960 →
All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	83.73%
Party Leader % Seats +/– Social Democrats H. C. Hansen 39.40 70 −4 Venstre Erik Eriksen 25.06 45 +3 Conservatives Aksel Møller 16.62 30 0 Social Liberals Jørgen Jørgensen 7.78 14 0 Justice Helge Madsen 5.31 9 +3 Communists Aksel Larsen 3.13 6 −2 Schleswig Party 0.40 1 0 Elected in the Faroe Islands People's Hákun Djurhuus 37.56 1 New Union Johan Poulsen 33.80 1 +1 Elected in Greenland Independents – 100 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister-elect Hans Christian Hansen Social Democrats Hans Christian Hansen Social Democrats

General elections were held in Denmark on 14 May 1957.^[1] The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 70 of the 179 seats. Voter turnout was 84% in Denmark proper, 38% in the Faroe Islands and 62% in Greenland (although only one of its two constituencies was contested as the incumbent in the other was re-elected unopposed).^[2] The electoral threshold was 60,000 votes.